Diesel Tuners
I received an email and video from Trailer Life about Bully Dog GT tuners for diesel engines. It all sounds good but I have been warned that the warranty would be voided if I use a tuner. Now I wond...
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Bionic Man wrote:2oldman wrote:wintersun wrote:It's only credible to those who believe in conspiracies.
It is not credible that some guy has discovered something about how to change the tuning of an engine that escaped the hundreds of professional full time engineers at the auto and engine manufacturers.
Actually, it makes sense to me. Tuners play by different rules. "Offroad use only". You can do a lot if you don't pay attention to EPA regulations.
Even playing by the rules and keeping current emissions intact there are several tuners (PPEI, DmaxTuner, ATP) that are getting really good numbers out of the Dmax/Allison platform without sacrificing mileage or driveability. SO its not all about EPA/emissions...
You also have to consider the fact manufacturers tune these trucks with warranties in mind as they can be a significant cost adder to the manufacturer if they are accelerating failures that can occur on their dime within the warranty period and not the consumers.
